* GrowingTheBeard: The early shorts were sluggisly paced and overly gentle in comedy, not to mention very derivative of Disney's shorts. When the series changed directors and started taking some cues from TexAvery ([[DenserAndWackier such as ramping up the pacing and timing]], and [[ArtEvolution giving Barney a much-needed redesign]]) the series really improved by its later years, especially under Dick Lundy's direction. * SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of the series; not a bad cartoon by any means, but vastly inferior to WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry and Creator/TexAvery's cartoons. The big issue is that the series is very low key and soft in comedy tone in contrast to those other two series, even after it grew the beard, and Barney himself isn't a particularly interesting protagonist, with most of the humor coming from the people or things that heckle him, and his indignated reactions to them.